On May 5, Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee announced that the "U14 Gia Lai International Football Festival - 2026" tournament will take place from May 11 to 15 at Pleiku Arena Stadium and Ham Rong Training Center. The event is organized by the Provincial People's Committee in coordination with the Vietnam Football Federation.
This is a large-scale sports exchange activity, gathering many young teams with high professional quality in the country and internationally.
The tournament is an important highlight in the series of events of the National Tourism Year - Gia Lai 2026 with the theme "Great forest touches blue sea", contributing to promoting the local image, promoting tourism and international integration.
According to the Organizing Committee, there are currently 12 football teams registered to participate, including 7 international teams: FC Mohyeon, Gangwon State All Star (Korea), Jubilo Iwata (Japan), Shenzhen (China), Khamsay (Laos), Malaysia; along with 5 domestic teams including PVF, Hanoi T&T, SLNA, Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc and LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai.
These will be factors that create high professional competition, increase drama and attractiveness for the tournament, serving audiences and fans nationwide.
According to the tournament format, teams are divided into 2 groups, playing in a round-robin format to calculate points and rank. 2 first and second teams in each group enter the semi-finals; the winning team in the semi-finals enters the final, 2 losing teams compete for 3rd place. The remaining teams compete for ranking from 5th to last place.
Viewers can watch live matches at 2 competition venues. The opening ceremony, semi-finals, finals and closing ceremony will be broadcast live on VTV3, VTV6 channels of Vietnam Television and social networking platforms of the Organizing Committee.
